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The booster of the Space Launch System was in good condition after a test was cut short, officials said.

Before NASA’s giant Space Launch System can go to the moon, it needs to ignite its engine in a “hot fire” stationary test.

Although the Beresheet lunar landing ended in a crash last year, SpaceIL wants to try again with a more complex mission by 2024.

An experiment aboard the space station showed that bacteria were effective at extracting rare earth elements from rocks.

Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh company, won a $199.5 million contract to transport NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar surface.

A choreography of swimming, walking and rolling could help future rovers avoid getting stuck in loose soil on the moon or Mars.

It seems unlikely the space agency will meet President Trump’s goal of a return to the lunar surface by the end of 2024.

If you like handling tiny glass shards, sure, go ahead and touch the lunar surface. But avoid the rocks.

The start-up launched by the Amazon founder will work with three older space companies in its bid to carry American astronauts back to the lunar surface.

What a photographer’s struggle to raise money for his book of images tells us about Facebook and conspiracy theorists.

Until the Apollo 11 mission, my family didn’t have a television. Then, for one weekend, we joined the rest of Planet Earth.

The Times’s Graphics, Science and Immersive Storytelling teams shine a new light on the iconic photography from the first moonwalk.

The country’s hopes to become the fourth to land on the moon were put on hold Monday.

The country's plans to launch an unmanned rover into space were delayed at the last moment, but it is determined to join a select group of nations.